List of holidays commemorating individuals


This is a list of government-sanctioned holidays commemorating individuals.
PersonHolidayObserving governmentDate
Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony DayUnited States15 February
Errol BarrowErrol Barrow DayBarbados21 January
Cesar ChavezCesar Chavez DayUnited States31 March
Jesus ChristChristmasVariousDecember 25
Christopher ColumbusColumbus DayVarioussecond Monday in October ; 12 October
Guy FawkesGuy Fawkes Night United Kingdom5 November
Malala YousafzaiMalala DayVariousJuly 12th
Mahatma GandhiGandhi JayantiIndia2 October
Mother TeresaMother Teresa DayAlbaniaSeptember 5
Martin Luther King Jr.Martin Luther King Jr. DayUnited Statesthird Monday in January
Abraham LincolnLincoln's BirthdayParts of the United States12 February
Nelson MandelaMandela DayVarious18 July
Harvey MilkHarvey Milk DayCalifornia / United States / New YorkMay 22
John MuirJohn Muir DayCaliforniaApril 21
Barack ObamaObama DayKenya, parts of the United StatesNovember 6
Rosa ParksRosa Parks DayFour states of the United States4 February ; 1 December
Casimir PulaskiGeneral Pulaski Memorial DayUnited States11 October
Casimir PulaskiCasimir Pulaski DayIllinois, Wisconsin public schools, etc.first Monday in March
Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman DayUnited States10 March
Queen VictoriaVictoria DayCanadalast Monday before 25 May
George WashingtonWashington's BirthdayUnited Statesthird Monday in February
Wright brothersWright Brothers DayUnited States17 December
Malcolm XMalcolm X DayBerkeley, Californiaeither Malcolm's birthday on May 19 or the third Sunday of May
Pierre-Théodore VerhaegenSaint VerhaegenBrussels-Capital Region, Belgium20 November